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I may not make the £999 Challenge now as I'm over qualified for Celebrity Big Brother.
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I may not make the £999 Challenge now as I'm over qualified for Celebrity Big Brother.
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One of the things I love about the £999 Challenge is due to the budget a the concept of thinking outside of the box for solutions to problems I wouldn't have if I wasn't on a budget in the first place. I tend to smash the box up, burn it and use the charcoal to filter crazy juice (thus I'm messing about with a Panda instead of buying something and making it quicker).
I can't afford to go out and spend £30+ on a battery tray to relocate the battery where I want it so...
...with a couple of small plates and two links from my engine hoist chain...
...I've fabricated a couple of...
...floor mounted hoops...
...for the battery clamp to hook on to.
Now do I drill and bolt those in place or weld them?
I can't afford to go out and spend £30+ on a battery tray to relocate the battery where I want it so...
...with a couple of small plates and two links from my engine hoist chain...
...I've fabricated a couple of...
...floor mounted hoops...
...for the battery clamp to hook on to.
Now do I drill and bolt those in place or weld them?
I may not make the £999 Challenge now as I'm over qualified for Celebrity Big Brother.
That's great!
I love the fact I can now say that I have a piece of a featured car on Fizzle
( I vote bolt - easier to sell/reuse later).
I'd be really careful how you mount that battery! It's not about keeping it from rattling about, it's about stopping it from ripping through you if you hit anything at speed! The hoops you made look strong but I can't see anything from stopping those threaded bars holding the clamp on failing and launching that battery around the cabin, possibly taking your fuel tank with it on the way!
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It's a standard Cinquecento brace so it should be good enough. I see what you mean though and appreciate your concern.
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Why buy this...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151029842741?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
...used bare headlight with no indicator for £30 plus £10 postage when you can have this...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FARO-FANALE-PROIETTORE-DESTRO-CRISTALLO-FIAT-PANDA-1986-headlamp-/400411072389?pt=Ricambi_automobili&hash=item5d3a5c1785
...brand new unit for £5 more; including clear or amber indicators and bulbs?
Tough choice eh?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151029842741?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
...used bare headlight with no indicator for £30 plus £10 postage when you can have this...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FARO-FANALE-PROIETTORE-DESTRO-CRISTALLO-FIAT-PANDA-1986-headlamp-/400411072389?pt=Ricambi_automobili&hash=item5d3a5c1785
...brand new unit for £5 more; including clear or amber indicators and bulbs?
Tough choice eh?
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Don't forget the Italian one will be for LHD so no use here.
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When you place the order you need to ask for clear or amber indicators and right hand drive.
When I take the Fantasia off the road for restoration I will be buying everything from these guys.
Hmmm
I'd have put a want ad up and got one for a lot less from one of the forum friends
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Mostly they're just in case parts left in the back of the shed. I still have the lights from Guff I just in case I buy another Cinquecento.
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The Italian guys have delivered again.
I can't recommend them highly enough so check out the online store yourselves...
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/R-Auto-In-s-n-c-Autoforniture?_trksid=p2047675.l2563
...I'll certainly use them again.
Shame you didn't get orange indicator lenses would have been
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I was thinking that but ce la vie.
Picking up the windscreen tomorrow afternoon.
Picking up the windscreen tomorrow afternoon.
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Took a road trip to Norwich today to collect the windscreen for Guff II...
...there are three clear and six green tinted windscreens left in the UK so my fellow Pandaists get one while you can.
...there are three clear and six green tinted windscreens left in the UK so my fellow Pandaists get one while you can.
How much do they charge for one?
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£45 plus VAT supply only.
£80 plus VAT fitted there.
£95 plus VAT if I called them out to do it on my driveway (fifty odd miles away).
The Italian eBay guys can have either a green or clear screen shipped over here for £86 all in. Obviously the more you buy the lower the postage costs would be. Could be worth a forum mass purchase once the UK supply has dried up.
Don't forget to mention the Fantasia if you order a screen from Norwich she made quite an impression.
£80 plus VAT fitted there.
£95 plus VAT if I called them out to do it on my driveway (fifty odd miles away).
The Italian eBay guys can have either a green or clear screen shipped over here for £86 all in. Obviously the more you buy the lower the postage costs would be. Could be worth a forum mass purchase once the UK supply has dried up.
Don't forget to mention the Fantasia if you order a screen from Norwich she made quite an impression.
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Wow, good prices! I was expecting more.
At those prices, I'm tempted to replace mine: it's got an irrepairable chip near the top, driver's side corner. Autoglass won't replace: as they say they can't until it worsens....
Do they have other branches? If so, I wonder if they'll ship one to my local branch, and then install...? (Scurries off to do a quick Google....)
PS: Although they say that they provide a "Local service with nationwide coverage", they then go on to say that they're "Primarily serving across East Anglia... -- Norwich; Great Yarmouth; Kings Lynn; Thetford and Lowestoft." Can't imagine it'll be cheap to come all the way to Middle England....
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The best way find out would be to ask. I'm about to fit the screen to Guff II so we can rat run it if you like. I collect the screen from Norwich and you pick it up from mine or fit it here. A run to Norwich and back only used £12 of petrol yesterday and I wasn't hanging about.
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I have a car looking thing on my drive again.
I still think orange bumpers would be too much.
